Australia’s Election Shows People Are Looking For Leadership

‘This was a vacuous election. No one truly won the campaign, and no one emerged victorious in the battle of ideas. Neither major party offered a compelling vision for Australia’s future. As Liberal candidate Henry Pike admitted after election day, the campaign “became a blur of competing handouts and taxpayer-funded concessions.” It was, in short, a mess.’

Former Belgian PM Says Slovakia Can Be ‘the Next Hungary’

Sophie Wilmés, the former Prime Minister of Belgium and current Vice President of the European Parliament, has stated that Slovakia may be on a path to become ‘the next Hungary’ while presenting the EP’s civil liberties committee report, according to news by POLITICO.

Presidential candidate and leader of the Alliance for the Unity of Romanians Party, George Simion (C) addresses a press conference at his party’s headquarters in Bucharest, Romania, 20 November 2024

A Presidential Race Plagued by Controversy

‘For the Hungarian minority in Romania, Dan’s victory represents a clear political win—particularly given the decisive role the community played in securing it…His proposal to include the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR) in the governing coalition has further reinforced a sense of security among Hungarian voters.’

Two Broken Promises of Peace

Donald Trump seems to have lost patience with Vladimir Putin regarding peace talks aimed at ending the war in Ukraine, as the US president has shifted his tone and promised increased weapon shipments to Kyiv. It increasingly appears that Trump has been unable to bring peace to Ukraine, just as Volodymyr Zelenskyy failed to deliver on the same campaign promise during his early days as president.

Ukrainian Armed Forces Denies Killing Transcarpathian Hungarian Man

In a statement, the Ukrainian Armed Forces categorically rejected claims that conscription officers killed a Transcarpathian man by beating him to death with iron bars. The army said it is open to an investigation but warned foreign governments against spreading emotionally charged information.

Von der Leyen Survives No Confidence Vote by Taking the Knee to the Left

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen survived a vote of no confidence on Thursday after making significant concessions to left-wing political groups in the European Parliament. Despite the failure of the vote, von der Leyen’s reputation has been seriously damaged, and her hold on power now depends entirely on the will of the left.